How to Change the Active WordPress Theme Name (Without Losing Your Customizations)
Let's walk through the process to do this so you DO NOT lose any of your theme's settings and customizations!
If you don't go into the WordPress database to update references to the new theme name, WP will think it's a new theme and you might be starting from scratch!
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Here are the chapters to follow along:
Intro - 00:00
Go to hosting account & open FTP - 00:33
Update theme name on active stylesheet - 01:11
Update active theme directory name - 01:49
Open phpMyAdmin & find wp_options table - 02:09
Update option names/values for new theme - 02:39
Refresh WP admin area to verify change - 04:37
Now take action - 05:12
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Fantastic tutorial, this is the second time I've used it to rename a theme I cloned to a new site. Thanks very much!
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Does it change the theme name also in the HTML code (when you inspect with Developer tools or checked the source code)?
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Just read this on your website: "I left engineering (& went broke) to pursue my passion for building websites." I did the same (aerospace engineering) in 2017 😊 and I don't regret it at all 😄 Thank you for the tutorial, cheers - Donata
ОтветитьSuper tutorial! Thank you!
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Top guy and Top video. You solved my dilemma. Sub and Like.
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Hello there
Are we going to do the same in the child theme of this?
If No Is there a video for this?
Thanks! This is just what I was looking for. Short and to the point. Subbed! Does this change affect any future updates to the theme? I use Divi and update often, will it cause a conflict when I go to update the theme?
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Awesome tip! Thank you.
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Hi Ray,
Excellent tip. I´ve been looking to change the theme name of my customers websites for a while but wasn´t quite sure about how to do it. Just one question maybe others may as well have, Can the theme be updated after changing the name? (I guess it the same applies to purchased themes). Thanks a lot and keep up the great work your doing. Kind regards!!
